Safety-pocket.



M. DALITZ.

v SAFETY POCKET.

APPLICATIONV H1511 lune). 1915.

Patented May16,1916.

- v INVENTOR. MAUDDALJTZ.

WITNESS A TTORNE YS.

THE COLUMBIA PLANUGRAPH C0., WASHINGTON, K7 C lMann DALITZ, or cLnvELANnoHIo.

SAFETY-POCKET.

To all whom it may concern Be it knownk that I, MAUD DALrrz, a citizen of the United States, residing at yCleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usef ful Improvements in Safety-Pockets, ofy

which the following is a specification. This invention relates to a safety pocket for women and children, and the object of the invention is to supply a need with both women and children for a comparatively ksmall independent pocket, whichl can be attached here or there to their garments, and

preferably in an unexposed and unnoticeable position on an inside garment or in the inside of an outer garment, and of a size adapted to carry money and other small articles whichshould have a safe place on the person. Ladies find one or more of such pockets desirable, as for example, a pocket attached to an inside` garment to carry jewelry or other small articles of value andanother hidden about the person but within reach to carry. bills either for shopping or traveling, as well as for other articles and uses, vwhile small inexpensive pockets are desirable for children to care forsmall change and which can be pinned in convenient but unobserved places.

To these ends the invention'consists in a safety pocket constructed and adapted to be used substantially as shown and described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a frontfelevation and Fig. 2 a rear elevation of the pocket. Fig. 3 is a central sectional view on line 3-3, Fig. l, showing the flap partially raised. Fig. 4 is a detailk of the supporting strip or piece adapted to stretch and support the back of the pocket, and Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section of said strip with a pin attached. Fig. 6 is a cross section of the pocket looking down on line 6-6, Fig. 3, but with the pin open.

In the present construction P represents the pocket as such and apart from its accessories. The said pocket is necessarily made of flexible material and preferably of a suitable, heavy'woven fabric to give it strength and durability and to make it washable, but a lighter fabric with more `or less lining can be used, or even a flexible grade of leather. However a textile pocket is preferred and which may be of any suitable or preferred color and of any preferred style and size. In respect to size, I nd that a pocket hav- Specification of LettersvI'atent.

rammed May ic, i916.

Appli-cation led June l., 1915. Serial No. 31,389'. ,y v

Y ing about the size shown inthe yorig'final drawings herewith, or say about three inches each way, is a popular size for general use.

.The sides are preferably of bellows lshape to afford inside room, and the flap Q isprovided in-this instance with a snap button 3 on the body of the pocket. An inside pocket lity may also be'provided as seen inkFigs. 3 and 6.

But a" fabric pocket of this kind, even with;

a pin" and without a medium to stretch it laterally and to serve' as a suspensory support would be found undesirable and un- 'commerciah and hence the invention comprises the pocket with a fairly rigid strip, plate or piece 5 incorporated with the back and top thereof practically as shown and with the advantage of keeping the top of the pocket in such shape as if it kwere rigid while all the remainder of the pocket is soft and pliable. In this instance I show a strip of metal, say of brass or aluminum, and extending entirely across the pocket from side to side and stitched about its edges and ends between the double thicknesses of the material at the back of kthe pocket. This incloses the said strip or piece within the folds of the pocket and covers the ends for protection as wellk as aording a stretching suspensory medium for the pocket and by which the shape thereof is maintained however flimsy the stock apart from said strip. l

The pocket is also practically held open thereby as the said stripcomes up to the top of the edge thereofat the'base of the flap. The said strip 5, in the' present form of the invention being of sheet metal, I am enabled to strike the ears a up therefrom. to support the pin 6; the bridge Z) to afford a spring fulcrum for the pin and catch c to engage the extremity of the pin. The said pin is From the foregoing it will be seen that. `especial stress is laid upon the transverse stretching and carrying piece for the pocket s and as the base for the pin 6. Of coursethe material out of which said piece may be made and the shape thereof are not material in a patentable sense, butin any case the :lieuk `pin must be connected therewith at "one end and adaptedto spring beneath the catch 0 in holding relation at its other end, yHaving these features along its top, it matters little of what material the pocket may be made except that it fall within the flexible limitations above defined. Obviously a rigid embodiment is not Within this lconception of pocket and a variously serviceable article at a comparatively low cost of-production and saleisin view.

Vhat I claim is 1. A new article ofmanufacture consisting of a pocket of flexible material having a transverse opening in its top and a back portion with a flap adapted to close over said opening, and a transversely disposed substantially rigid reinforcing piece fixed t0 the said back portion at the top and rear of said opening and at the base of said flap, provided with rearward projections on its end portions, and a pin' on the outside of said reinforcing piece and at the back of said pocket engaged with said projections and adapted to fasten the pocket in place on a garment.

A.2. A `pocket as described consisting of flexible vmaterial and having an opening in its top and provided with a plurality of holes through itsback near thetop thereof, and a transversely disposed approximately rigid bracing piece fixed in said back and havingintegral projections near its ends extending through said holes, and a pin engaged with said projections.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of a witness.

MAUD DALITZ.

fitness1 GEO. E. KRIGKER.,

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